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by Nick Drew  |  Tue 30 Apr 2019

Digger's Bauma Highlights (Part Six) Komatsu

As predicted Komatsu’s mighty 400 tonne class mining shovel the PC4000 was the star attraction at the 2019 edition of Bauma, but there was plenty else to be seen and here are just a few of my favourites.

Digger's Bauma Highlights (Part Six) Komatsu
Although I passed by Komatsu’s outdoor stand on numerous occasions, I was never fortunate enough to capture the PC4000-11 when it was fired up and going through the motions for the inevitable crowds that a machine of its size generates. When it was not in action Komatsu team members were welcoming members of the public to have a photo taken posing in front of its 22-cubic metre bucket. Designed to be paired with 150 to 240 tonne trucks the PC4000-11 is powered by a North American-specification Tier 4 Final, 16-cylinder Komatsu SDA16V160E-3 engine which puts out 1400kw (1875hp) @1800rpm. Global roving plant enthusiast Chris Maginnis of Awesome Earthmovers fame, spends the whole week at Bauma and even stays on for the shutdown so as you might expect, he caught the giant machine in action and even got permission to mount a GoPro in the cab as you can see in his excellent video below.
Normally an impressive sized excavator the new PC1250-11 parked outside the 4,000 m² Komatsu indoor stand, looked dwarfed compared to the PC4000 on the demo plot. Tipping the scales from 115.9 tonnes to 118.3 tonnes depending on spec this machine is powered a Stage V ready Komatsu engine which offers a power output of 578kw (775hp). A good partner for the PC1250-11 was parked next to it, in the shape of Komatsu’s HD605-8 rigid dumptruck. Powered by the same 578kw (778hp) Komatsu engine as fitted on the PC1250-11, the HD605-8 has a maximum payload of 63 tonne and a heaped body capacity of 40m3 the truck is capable of a top speed of 70 km/h. Completely at the other end of the scale, indoors like many other manufacturers at the show, Komatsu presented an electric mini excavator. According to Komatsu, the machine draws on the technological expertise gained in the development of the companies Hybrid excavators and forklifts. The machine features a new in house developed charger and a high-voltage converter and is said to offer the same digging performance as a conventional diesel engine model, all be it, producing zero emissions with very little noise. Komatsu chose Bauma to roll out the prototype PC290LCi-11 for the first time in Europe. And also demonstrated the new PC360LCi prototype which they suggest will be the next intelligent excavator available in Europe. The latest Dash-11 version of the long established PC210LCi was also being put through its paces on the demonstration plot. Check out my video of this machine in action.

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